We had a full team of men out in this race, but sadly, we were one lady short, so no women's team out.
Senior Men
11 Gary Shaw 32:45
27 Ben Whitehead 34:26
47 Andy Berry 36:14
66 Carl Nevison 38:11
95 John Mason 40:55
102 Andrew Smith 41:37
Vet 70 Men
1 Raymond Banks 26:43
Senior Women
11 Victoria Peel 21:31
44 Paula Cullen 24:51
Team Positions
Senior Men
8th Barlick Fell Runner
Vet Men
3rd Barlick Fell Runners
78 Robert Cranham 38:31
He's back!
After quite some time of not racing, Andy Collins made his comeback solo race this weekend and found himself competing against Ted Mason who was running on his own midden. Despite his age, Ted, unsurprisingly, took the honours, Before the finish, all runners have to sink a pint of ale and both Ted and Andy are adept at that. He finished third, which is a brilliant run for someone not yet race fit. Watch out for future races.
3 Andy Collins 44:45
103 finished.
Jed Whitfield, Gary Shaw/Sam Horrocks, David Poole/Julian Hood and David Mirfield represented the club in this event, which this year was hosted by Ted Mason in and around Appletreewick
The team came home in 30th place in a time of 4:17:31.
We did not have a ladies team this year.
It was wild at wet at this race. It was reasonably dry for the first half, but went downhill from there. John Boothman continues to race without the corresponding training and the cracks are beginning to show. He enjoyed a good race for the first fifteen miles, but then his pace began to drop off and the last 2K were a disaster. In view of his lack of preparation and training John thought that finishing around the four hour mark would be a good result, so given the situation in which he found himself, he was happy with his time.
Further down the field Raymond Banks had a good run to finish 4th in his category
1423 John Boothman 3:42:49
3012 Raymond Banks 4:20:33
143 Stephen Jackson 28:28
14 Robert Cranham 21:28
216 Graham Wadsworth 40:26
3 Emma Law 1:52:13 (1st V40)
21 Jacqueline Collins 2:07:57
52 Andrew Smith 56:50 (2nd M60)
A very strong run by Lucy Brown saw her finish with a top twenty place and 3rd V40. In the ladies race, she was supported by Paula Cullen who ran her socks off and battled for places right up to the finish. However, their efforts were in vain as it was five to count for team places.
In the men's race, Gary Shaw stormed round the course, again to take a top twenty place and first V50 by a country mile. Because he is over 70, Raymond Banks could have run over the ladies course, but he missed that race and therefore chose to run in the senior race. It was lucky that he did, as he was our sixth counter, thus ensuring that we had a team place. It was a bit of a dad's army team, as it was comprised of all vet runners. As a result, we struggled in the overall positions, but did quite well in the vets race, finishing 3rd team.
Ladies' Race
20 Lucy Brown 26:21 (3rd V40) 9th Vet
40 Paula Cullen 28:03 25th Vet
Men's Race
20 Gary Shaw 39:44 (1st V50), 3rd Vet
47 Andy Berry 43:36 12th Vet
53 David Poole 44:07 16th Vet
95 John Mason 49:07 46th Vet
115 Andrew Smith 50:46 61st Vet
182 Raymond Banks 1:04:12 (1st V70) 115th Vet
Team Positions
Overall
9 Barlick Fell Runners 498 points
Vets
3 Barlick Fell Runners 76 points
37 Anne Marie Beech 31:11
48 Robert Cranham 34:36
192 Richard Shilton 30:29
13 Robert Cranham 46:54 (2nd M45)
Provisional Results
Men
Leg One
| Garry Shaw | 42:31 | 21st |
| Andy Collins | 42:31 | 21st |
Leg Two
| David Poole | 1:21:08 | 30th |
| Sam Horrocks | 2:03:39 | 25th |
Leg Three
| Andy Berry | 1:05:08 | 30th |
| Ben Whitehead | 3:08:47 | 26th |
Leg Four
| David Mirfield | 1:16:03 | 21st |
| Jed Whitfield | 4:24:50 | 23rd |
23 Barlick Fell Runners Men 4:24:50
Women
Leg One
| Hannah Craig |
55:20 | 61st |
| Laura Craig |
55:20 | 61st |
Leg Two
| Hayley Whitehead | 1:52:27 | 69th |
| Jacqueline Collins | 2:47:47 | 68th |
Leg Three
| Lucy Brown | 1:19:38 | 65th |
| Fionnuala Swann | 4:07:25 | 67th |
Leg Four
| Emma Taylor | 2:11:48 | 71st |
| Emma Law | 6:19:13 | 69th |
22 Barlick Fell Runners Women 6:19:13
The main aims of the club are to increase the participation of running in Barnoldswick and to keep organised running as accessible as possible.